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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">而已</span> expresses that something is merely what it is. It is like saying "<b>it's only a test, that's all.</b>" <span class="hanzi">而已 </span>is put at the end of the sentence to emphasis that something is just what it is.</p>
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<p>Whenever you need to emphasize that something is just what it is and nothing more, you can stick <span class="hanzi">而已</span> at the end of the sentence. You can also use it in combination with <span class="hanzi">仅仅</span>，<span class="hanzi">只</span>，<span class="hanzi">就</span>，<span class="hanzi">才</span> and so on , which means "<b>merely</b>," though it is optional.</p>
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<div class="deux">Subj. + Verb + Obj. + <span class="hanzist">而已</span></div>
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<li><span class="hanzi">他 只 是 开 个 玩笑 而已，不 要 当 真。</span><br/></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">你 才 喝 了 一 瓶 啤酒 而已，怎么 会 喝 醉 了 呢？</span><br/></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">这 次 会议 没有 达成 具体 的 方案，仅仅 是 在 这 个 问题 上 达成 了 共识 而已。</span><br/></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">这 辆 车 没 什么 特别，它 就 是 辆 普通 的 汽车 而已。</span><br/></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href="Expressing_"nothing_but"_with_"wufei"" title="wikilink">Expressing "nothing but" with "wufei"</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading-1">Sources and further reading</h2>
<p>NEEDS SOURCES!!</p>
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